This $10,000 PC Is a FREE Upgrade to Your Life!Hackster.io, an Avnet community2026-09-20 | This $10,000 PC Is a FREE Upgrade to Your Life!🎙 Pierluigi Dalla Rosa: Beautiful Data // Hackster CaféHackster.io, an Avnet community2024-05-22 | Already over-funded on Kickstarter, this beautiful, futuristic air quality display is the brainchild of Pierluigi Dalla Rosa – an interaction designer with "an alternative approach to technology that is driven by curiosity, creativity, community and sustainability". At studio LUFF, he blends design with making, exploring the physical realm beyond pixels. Join us for a chat about his creations, process, and vision.
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// studio LUFF's Air Quality Sensor on Kickstarter: kickstarter.com/projects/pierdr/air-quality-sensor-by-studio-luff // Pier's website: pierdr.com // Follow Pier on Hackster.io: hackster.io/pierdr // On Instagram: instagram.com/pierdr // Sticker shop: pierzaza.bigcartel.com // Tramontana platform: https://tramontana.xyz🔎 Arduino Alvik Robotics Platform // UnboxingHackster.io, an Avnet community2024-05-15 | @Arduino's new Alvik robot platform is now available for purchase! Hackster's Alex Glow unboxes this clever little kit, which runs on an Arduino Nano ESP32 and also features an embedded STM32 Arm Cortex M4 on the chassis. Its many talents include color, light, and distance sensing, a six-axis gyroscope and accelerometer, and seven capacitive touch buttons. For outputs, you have two high-precision DC motors, plus tons of connectors for servos and I2C plug-and-play modules. And while it's plenty expressive on its own – with an RGB LED and an adorable little face! – the kit includes LEGO Technic and M3 screw connectors so you can make it your own.
// Product page: sparkfun.com/products/25662Unboxing the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano DK // Tech HighlightHackster.io, an Avnet community2024-05-04 | As part of the Orin series, NVIDIA's Jetson Orin Nano developer kit vastly outperforms the previous Jetson Nano dev kit, while the Jetson Orin AGX dev kit is even more powerful. Paired with the Generative AI Playground – a trove of in-depth tutorials with readymade Docker containers – the Orin series is more approachable than ever. We unbox the Jetson Orin Nano dev kit and walk through its capabilities, while making sense of the new tech as compared to the rest of the field.
Links: // Claim your Carvera Air on Kickstarter now: kickstarter.com/projects/makera-inc/carvera-air // Official Makera website: makera.comCarvera v1: #OpenSource #DIY #CNC Platform // #CES Interview (Part 1)Hackster.io, an Avnet community2024-04-11 | Jason Erdreich (Makera Education Director) demos the original Carvera and the new, currently-crowdfunding Carvera Air and explains the difference between the two models. Carvera Air is a more affordable version of the CNC subtractive manufacturing platform, designed for educators or independent makers creating their own prototypes and one-off projects at home. While it doesn't guarantee the same precision, and you'll have to switch out your own tools (using the nifty one-handed lever), you still get a powerful open-source platform and a supportive community.
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Links: // Claim your Carvera Air on Kickstarter now: kickstarter.com/projects/makera-inc/carvera-air // Official Makera website: makera.comCarvera & Carvera Air by Makera – Now on KickstarterHackster.io, an Avnet community2024-04-11 | Jason Erdreich (Makera Education Director) demos the original Carvera and the new, currently-crowdfunding Carvera Air and explains the difference between the two models. Carvera Air is a more affordable version of the CNC subtractive manufacturing platform, designed for educators or independent makers creating their own prototypes and one-off projects at home. While it doesn't guarantee the same precision, and you'll have to switch out your own tools (using the nifty one-handed lever), you still get a powerful open-source platform and a supportive community.
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Links: // Claim your Carvera Air on Kickstarter now: kickstarter.com/projects/makera-inc/carvera-air // Official Makera website: makera.comM5Stack: Cardputer and M5Dial Unboxing // Tech HighlightHackster.io, an Avnet community2024-04-06 | Hackster's Alex Glow unboxes some recent tech from M5Stack: the Cardputer, M5Dial, and a surprise extra! Powered by the M5StampS3 module (featuring an ESP32-S3FN8 chip), these two gadgets are packed with interface options, sensors, displays, solderless connectors, and GPIO breakouts to fuel your wildest project aspirations. Stick a Cardputer to your fridge with the built-in magnet, or connect it directly to your LEGO projects; embed the rotary dial and its touchscreen in a custom enclosure... these readymade devices are perfect for those with software skills who want to dive into embedded smarts and IoT.
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// Kickstarter pre-launch (sign up for notifications!): kickstarter.com/projects/artbyphysicist/sprite-lights-led-body-art-light-up-tattoo // Sprite Lights on Instagram: instagram.com/sprite_lights // On Facebook: facebook.com/SpriteLights // Smalls on Hackster.io: hackster.io/TheSmallWonder // On Instagram: instagram.com/smallswonderworks // On TikTok: tiktok.com/@smallswonderworks // More links: https://linktr.ee/smallswonderworks
// Sustainable TechFashion Design Challenge 2023: hackster.io/contests/sustainablefashionFull-Size R/C #DoctorWho #Dalek #Robot #MakerFaireHackster.io, an Avnet community2024-03-30 | Nick Maley, of Marin Maker Mobile, gives Hackster’s Alex Glow a tour of the Fairfax Dalek. The fully R/C robot can move forward and backward, rotate, and roll sideways thanks to its four mecanum wheels – each with its own motor and speed controller. The classic “Dalek” voice is live-generated, combining the operator’s voice input with a 23 Hz signal, and output from speakers mounted on the robot so it can properly menace Faire-goers. Nick and his father, Andrew, were working on upgrading the bot with a camera and AI conversation. Here’s hoping they return in 2024!
// 🤖 marinmakermobile.comOpen Hardware Summit: lee wilkins & sid drmay // Hackster CaféHackster.io, an Avnet community2024-03-27 | Open Hardware Summit 2024 is coming in hot! Open-source electronics builders and enthusiasts will gather in Montréal, Canada. Summit Fellowship Chair sid drmay and Summit Chair lee wilkins join us for a live chat about what we can look forward to. This year, the Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) is offering a special discount to Hackster members: use code HACKSTERLOVE for 15% off any ticket!
…And what a doctor! The team heard so many comparisons to the Star Trek tricorder that they convinced Robert Picardo to grace their booth with a simulated holo-visit. Now, *that’s* star power.
// 🔗 withings.com/us/en/beam-o#Robotic Hats: #Steampunk #WearableTech by Steamy Tech! // Maker FaireHackster.io, an Avnet community2024-03-21 | A wonderfully chaotic interview with Laura and Greg Price of Steamy Tech! The pair reveal the inner workings of their delightful #steampunk creations – from motorized hats to an interactive wall o’ gears assembled by eager Bay Area Maker Faire attendees.
// ⚙️ Official site: SteamyTech.com
// 🎟️ Tickets for Bay Area Maker Faire 2024 (Oct. 18-20) are now available! makerfaire.com/bay-area🥧 Pi Day: Flipper Zero Video Game Module // UnboxingHackster.io, an Avnet community2024-03-15 | Happy Pi Day! Flipper Zero's new Video Game Module is powered by Pi's RP2040 microcontroller, and Hackster's Alex Glow is taking it for a spin. The module enables your Flipper to output video over (something extremely similar to) HDMI, and it will be able to run independently as well, with its own USB-C power input. Plus: May and June are heating up already, with three hardware-friendly events up and down the US West Coast and in Montréal. Join us for this live feature, and subscribe for more hardware in your feed!
// 👀 Shown here: • Mohit Bhoite’s circuit sculptures • Charlyn Gonda’s LED jewelry • Rehana’s living-hinge PCB tiara • Leanna’s PCB wedding invitation • Chloe’s momentary-toggle color organ • TinyCircuits' Thumby, Arduboy, and a soldered DMG color that we need to know more about!Zach Supalla on Particles New M-Series // Hackster CaféHackster.io, an Avnet community2024-03-06 | Deploy wirelessly anywhere with industrial-ready IoT microcontrollers: Particle's new M-Series incorporates Wi-Fi, cellular, satellite, and LoRaWAN to keep your tech connected. Capable of connecting over multiple protocols at once (and failing over if Plan A goes down), the series consists of three different devices spanning the journey from prototype to large-scale deployment. Join us for a chat featuring Particle CEO Zach Supalla, hosted by Hackster's Alex Glow.
🔗 Submit your project before May 31, 2024: hackster.io/contests/amd2023💙 A robotic Valentine from Hackster to you!Hackster.io, an Avnet community2024-02-15 | Who needs chocolates when you've got robots? ;) Created with SVG vector art, Inkscape, and an AxiDraw pen plotter from @evil-mad-scientist , using a Marvy Le Pen in Light Blue.
Find thousands of DIY robotics projects and tutorials at hackster.io/robotics Subscribe for more hardware in your feed!Stacey Higginbotham // Hackster CaféHackster.io, an Avnet community2024-02-14 | Whether you know her from Consumer Reports, Fortune, or her long-running "Internet of Things Podcast" and newsletter, Stacey Higginbotham is writing policy to help secure the future of your connected devices. This week's guest is a renowned technology journalist with 20 years on the beat, covering cybersecurity, right to repair, smart-home devices, and more. For entrepreneurs, investors, and business leaders, Stacey interprets the current tech landscape and what's to come. Join us!
// Project link: hackster.io/TheSmallWonder/pan-tilt-assembly-for-mg90s-servos-da32c6 // Smalls' online profiles: https://linktr.ee/smallswonderworksPaul Amadeus Lane on #Gaming, #AssistiveTechnology, and #ScienceFiction // #CES2024Hackster.io, an Avnet community2024-02-08 | We were honored to have Paul Amadeus Lane as a judge for our recent #Build2Gether contest. At CES '24, Paul shared his take on the coolest tech this year – plus his dream interview, which real or fictional tech to bring to space, and the future of vehicles.
Be sure to subscribe… and play Spider-Man 2, if you haven’t already! 😄
// 👉 paulamadeuslane.com // 👉 hackster.io/contests/buildtogetherAvnet ZUBoard 1CG: Unboxing & Getting Started // Tech HighlightHackster.io, an Avnet community2024-02-01 | Avnet's ZUBoard 1CG, featuring the AMD ZU1CG, is an approachable board for exploring the AMD Zynq® UltraScale+™ MPSoC architecture. A low-cost entry point for the FPGA-curious, the board sports 81K programmable logic cells – plus onboard temperature and pressure sensors, programmable RGB LEDs and user inputs, onboard JTAG and UART debug interfaces, three Samtec connectors with tons of GPIO, and a mikroBUS socket for solderless expansion modules.
We unbox the board and walk through the getting started process, which includes using a browser-based GUI to communicate with the built-in sensors and LEDs over serial.
While providing an easy access point for exploring FPGAs, this system is well-suited for prototyping advanced driver-assistance systems, autonomous robots, predictive maintenance, room monitoring with sensor fusion, and medical imaging.
The information can provide deep insight for wastewater treatment plants, offshore wind farms, and other infrastructure – as well as ensuring compliance with environmental regulations.
// 👉 molluscan-eye.com/en/homeZUBoard Motor Control Build AlongHackster.io, an Avnet community2024-01-25 | Interactive, live build-along with Adam Taylor where you will learn how to quickly and easily create an FPGA-based motor control application for a brushless DC (BLDC) motor using the Avnet ZUBoard and control it using PetaLinux.
00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:29 Motor control overview and key concepts of Petalinux 00:25:10 Project build - AMD Vivado design 01:04:35 Project build - Petalinux OS 01:26:24 Project build - Software applicationsJaydeep Dhrangdhariya, Bitmerse // Hackster CaféHackster.io, an Avnet community2024-01-24 | WiSer by Bitmerse is a pair of modules – one USB-C, one TTL – that establish a wireless, peer-to-peer serial connection between two of your devices. Program, debug, control, monitor, and communicate as though you had the two devices physically wired together! You can even deploy multiple systems, controlling everything from a central machine and using the "Find Pair" function to check which module you're talking to. Based on the ESP32-S2, the system is coming soon to CrowdSupply. Founder Jaydeep Dhrangdhariya sits down with Hackster's Alex Glow for an in-depth interview. Join us and share your questions in the chat.
Nordic Semiconductor Thingy:91 X is coming out in 2024. For the currently available Thingy:91, see: nordicsemi.com/Products/Development-hardware/Nordic-Thingy-91Live video streaming over capacitive touch! Ixana.ai Wi-R for #AI at #CES // #CES2024Hackster.io, an Avnet community2024-01-11 | Wi-R is Ixana’s “body-internet platform”, using capacitive touch technology to transfer information between your wearable and handheld devices via your body! It works through fabric, provides more privacy than radio-based data transfer, and uses 100 times less power than WiFi or Bluetooth. The goal is to support human-AI integrated tools with high speed and security. They’re working on an upgraded chip of the YR-11 chip, which should be able to transfer up to 20 Mbps – capable of 1080p video. Wow!
// Official website: ixana.aiFootstep powered #WearableTech – SoleCooler at Eureka Park, #CES2024Hackster.io, an Avnet community2024-01-10 | ...Top Ten Interviews of 2023 (Pt. 2) // Hackster CaféHackster.io, an Avnet community2024-01-04 | You chose 'em, we chopped 'em! Here are host Alex Glow's favorite clips from your favorite Hackster Café interviews of 2023. This batch has it all: exploding microcontrollers, dangerous batteries, overheating robot servos, and FLUX!
// IG: instagram.com/lasersandleds // More links: https://dot.cards/dyoParticle Snowflake // Tech HighlightHackster.io, an Avnet community2023-12-18 | This year, Particle is sending out a pretty – and pretty smart – snowflake! Based on the P2 module, the PCB comes preloaded with light and sound capabilities, and also supports edge ML. Get one for free with a $75 order, or buy one for $35 while supplies last... Hackster's Alex Glow unboxes the open-source treat, and revisits one from years back.
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// Katz Creates: katzcreates.com // PixelBlaze: electromage.com/pixelblaze // Adafruit QTPy ESP32-S2: adafruit.com/product/5325 // PolySmooth filament: us.polymaker.com/products/polysmooth2023 Impact Summit: Hackster Impact Award Winner AnnouncementHackster.io, an Avnet community2023-11-30 | The Hackster Impact Award recognizes a team or an individual who represents a significant contribution to using technology to make the world a better place. Tune in to this final session of the day to see who won our 2023 Impact Award and how their solutions are making a significant impact in the pursuit of resilient and sustainable cities!
Congratulations Marco Uras, CEO and co-founder of WiData for winning this year's award. linkedin.com/in/marco-uras2023 Impact Summit: Smarter Cities: Why We Need Frugal Innovation for Urban DevelopmentHackster.io, an Avnet community2023-11-30 | 'Smart cities' are often designed from a pure high-tech angle which risks turning cities into technology projects. Truly smart cities should recognize the ambiguity of lives and livelihoods, and be driven by outcomes beyond the implementation of AI, 5G, and Big Data. Frugal innovation can play a key role. This includes drawing on the talent and ingenuity of local makers, building a community of civictech champions, and leveraging innovation wherever it can be found.
Speaker: Kevin Schmidt - Specialist - Urban Innovation, Technologies, and Digitalization, UNDP2023 Impact Summit: Thomas Basikolo, AI and Telecommunications // Hackster CaféHackster.io, an Avnet community2023-11-30 | Thomas Basikolo joins us to chat about his work managing AI for Good activities at ITU, including recurring challenges such as the TinyML Challenge, the AI/ML in 5G challenge, and the GeoAI Challenge – a competition aimed at providing solutions for collaboratively addressing real-world geospatial problems. He also advises the ITU-T Focus Group on Autonomous Networks. Join us for a special edition of Hackster Café, hosted by Hackster’s Alex Glow.2023 Impact Summit: Urban Digital Twins to Support Public Interaction and Mobility Research at ScaleHackster.io, an Avnet community2023-11-30 | Advances in low-cost virtual reality technology, street view data collection and open city data sharing make it possible to build immersive virtual models of real-world cities. These "urban digital twins" can be coupled with interaction engines and real-world sensing to create virtual city infrastructure that enables people to experience a wide variety of research environments and enables researchers to understand how people will respond to applications such as urban driving, pedestrian traffic, and even emergency flooding scenarios.
Speaker: Wendy Ju - Associate Professor, Cornell Tech2023 Impact Summit: Community Spotlights Day 2Hackster.io, an Avnet community2023-11-30 | Hackster Community Members will share their projects focused on solutions that are making cities around the globe more resilient, safer, cleaner and more efficient.
Kutluhan Aktar Developing an AI-driven air station detecting air pollutants and providing IoT surveillance (hackster.io/kutluhan-aktar/ai-assisted-air-quality-monitor-w-iot-surveillance-fd05bb)2023 Impact Summit: An Introduction to Embedded ProgrammingHackster.io, an Avnet community2023-11-30 | Resilient cities need smart technologies embedded in them, but developing those embedded systems can be quite different from developing a traditional software solution. This workshop is designed for application software developers who want to expand their skillset into the world of embedded programming. We will start with a high level look at the differences between traditional application software stacks and those used for embedded programming, before diving into a real world example using a Raspberry Pi Pico, the Arduino IDE, and some readily available components to build a basic smart sensor. After this workshop attendees will be equipped to start following along with the more complex examples they’ll find on Hackster.io
Speaker: Michael Hall - Principle Developer Evangelist, Arm2023 Impact Summit: Sustainable Cities Using Smart Efficient AIHackster.io, an Avnet community2023-11-30 | This workshop looks at various ways new sustainable cities will use AI to ensure that there is a low power, cost effective way to create cities of tomorrow. There are already plans for developing these cities, like “The Line” in Saudi Arabia; and we all know that autonomous vehicles are just around the corner. BrainChip is working with many partners to develop and deploy key use cases that target several of these applications such as preventative maintenance, environmental monitoring and control, and smart city infrastructure. This workshop will provide design efficiencies and edge-based constraints that allow these cities of tomorrow to fully realize cost effective methods in which AI can be used for good and provide insight and benefits to using BrainChip's Akida Technology.
Speaker: Todd Vierra - Vice President Customer Engagement, BrainChip Akida: brainchip.com/akida-neural-processor-soc2023 Impact Summit: Technology Resiliency in Urban EnvironmentsHackster.io, an Avnet community2023-11-30 | An open conversation on building technology resiliency in developing urban environments – whether helping a growing city become more resilient through technology or the knowledge and resources required for technology longevity in developing nations.
Moderator: Bee Hayes-Thakore - VP of Marketing, Kigen
Speakers: Andrew Lamb - Chair, Internet of Production Alliance Kevin Schmidt - Specialist - Urban Innovation, Technologies, and Digitalization, UNDP Violet Su - Business Development Manager, Seeed Studio Renuka Thakore - Founder, Global Sustainable Futures Progress through Partnerships Network (GSFN)2023 Impact Summit: Empowering Communities through Distributed Design and InnovationHackster.io, an Avnet community2023-11-30 | In this keynote, the Director of Fab City Foundation Tomas Diez will share working practices and knowledge of Fab City Global Initiative. Fab City is an innovative urban model that empowers communities to build their own sustainable, self-sufficient innovative, and regenerative futures with technology and meaningful design. Based on the Fab Lab (fabrication lab) concept, the Fab City Global Initiative was born with the goal of scaling a Fab Lab to the urban dimension. It gathers creative industries, makers, social entrepreneurs, government employees, and NGOs who are working in a “full-stack” framework to accelerate policy adoption towards localized production, circular economies, and equitable resource allocation.
Fab City Network and the global collective foster structured implementation through innovation projects, distributed educational programs, knowledge transfer opportunities and network building. More than 52 cities/regions from around the world and 30+ organizations have pledged to join this sustainable cities movement. Explore how digital infrastructure, policy, bio-regions, heritage, hubs design and talent incubation all work together to create resiliency and regenerative impact of the future rooted in communities.
https://fab.city/2023 Impact Summit: Making City Living Easier Through AI-Enabled SoCsHackster.io, an Avnet community2023-11-30 | AI has played a critical role in the resiliency and sustainability of modern cities, helping evolve many applications over the years. These applications include traffic cameras, counting cars on the road, counting people in a subway, parking management and even critical safety applications such as accident or fire prevention. While these applications are almost endless, they have one thing in common—they all use AI at the edge in which critical data is pre-processed very close to the situation under evaluation. Edge AI provides advantages key to smart city and public safety applications, including privacy law compliance and data security, while reducing data bandwidth, latency, and cost.
In this session participants will learn how to quickly build smart city applications requiring edge AI with Avnet’s RZboard single board computer (SBC) , based on Renesas’ RZ/V2L processor with enriched AI features.
RZBoard V2L - avnet.com/wps/portal/us/products/avnet-boards/avnet-board-families/rzboard-v2l2023 Impact Summit: Build a Smarter City with (Swappable) Cellular, Wi-Fi, and LoRaHackster.io, an Avnet community2023-11-30 | Building wireless connectivity into smart cities is no longer "one size fits all". Every physical location, every geographical region, every building can have differing needs. How do you design a single system to adapt to those needs? Blues is a wireless connectivity company that allows you to write code once, and deploy across Cat-1, LTE-M, NB-IoT, or 2G Cellular - oh, and Wi-Fi and LoRa/LoRaWAN to boot. In this workshop, learn more about how Blues is making smart cities easier to build and scale with simple and affordable device-to-cloud connectivity.